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three of the four are from illinois. let me introduce now the speaker on how laws affect the treatment of groups. she is of the howard university school of law. [applause] she has students here. she teaches constitutional law and human rights as well as gender and the law. she is a director of the law school's constitutional law center. in addition, the professor chairs the steering committee of the campaign for a new domestic human rights agenda, a coalition of more than 50 national human rights of social justice organizations in the country working to further the human rights agenda. she contributes to www.theroo t.com, an online magazine the provides commentary on news from a variety of black perspectives. [applause] >> good evening. i would like to join with my fellow panelists and think congress womanly -- congresswoman lee and the others for the invitation and the opportunity to talk a little bit about race and politics from a particular perspective. i am going to try to tamp down the professor part and raise up th
three of the four are from illinois. let me introduce now the speaker on how laws affect the treatment of groups. she is of the howard university school of law. [applause] she has students here. she teaches constitutional law and human rights as well as gender and the law. she is a director of the law school's constitutional law center. in addition, the professor chairs the steering committee of the campaign for a new domestic human rights agenda, a coalition of more than 50 national human...
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down to the south a little farther, broken showers in illinois. rain picks up better across southern nebraska in towards the northern areas when you get in towards kansas later today. then you can see the cloud cover again across the east coast not looking that bad. full details in a bit. good day to travel with the exception of new york, philly, chicago and detroit. major cities, but at least short delays out of that. >>> some news this morning that you might not expect. we're going to break down the financial health of the only u.s. car maker that didn't get bailed out. it's good news. >>> also, if you have one of those tax free flexible spending accounts for doctor and dentist bills, the health care proposal could hit you hard. ♪ >>> michael jackson's "this is it" thrilled audiences enough to make it number one at the box office this weekend. it made more than $21 million for its national debut and more than $100 million worldwide. the runner-up is "paranormal activity." it dropped from last week top spot. still it made $16.5 million. which i
down to the south a little farther, broken showers in illinois. rain picks up better across southern nebraska in towards the northern areas when you get in towards kansas later today. then you can see the cloud cover again across the east coast not looking that bad. full details in a bit. good day to travel with the exception of new york, philly, chicago and detroit. major cities, but at least short delays out of that. >>> some news this morning that you might not expect. we're going...
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fl from illinois mated instead but he was trying to appeal to moderates on both sides, both the north and the south and so he did vacillate. yes, maam. [inaudible] >> what brown was looking for in an attorney? he left a lot of letters. there were a lot of john brown's letters and he wanted someone who would sympathize with him, someone who was a good attorney, but he also made it quite clear in one of his letters, i do not send an ultra abolitionist. he didn't want an old track abolitionist because he knew that would arouse antipathy and would probably do more harm than good to have an attorney like that. yes, sir. >> after the return of the guilty verdict,-- or note annie appeals? >> those with a private attorneys, griswold then chilton. chilton took most responsibility for it. there was an attorney in richmond by the name of, i think is the name was william green who was a brother of the mayor who had represented brown by a court appointment in the early stages of this trial here, but chilton in griswald presented their arguments in richmond with the assistance of william green and
fl from illinois mated instead but he was trying to appeal to moderates on both sides, both the north and the south and so he did vacillate. yes, maam. [inaudible] >> what brown was looking for in an attorney? he left a lot of letters. there were a lot of john brown's letters and he wanted someone who would sympathize with him, someone who was a good attorney, but he also made it quite clear in one of his letters, i do not send an ultra abolitionist. he didn't want an old track...
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three of the four are from illinois. let me introduce now the speaker on how laws affect the treatment of groups. she is of the howard university school of law. [applause] she has students here. she teaches constitutional law and human rights as well as gender and the law. she is a director of the law school's constitutional law center. in addition, the professor chairs the steering committee of the campaign for a new domestic human rights agenda, a coalition of more than 50 national human rights of social justice organizations in the country working to further the human rights agenda. she contributes to www.theroo t.com, an online magazine the provides commentary on news from a variety of black perspectives. [applause] >> good evening. i would like to join with my fellow panelists and think congress womanly -- congresswoman lee and the others for the invitation and the opportunity to talk a little bit about race and politics from a particular perspective. i am going to try to tamp down the professor part and raise up th
three of the four are from illinois. let me introduce now the speaker on how laws affect the treatment of groups. she is of the howard university school of law. [applause] she has students here. she teaches constitutional law and human rights as well as gender and the law. she is a director of the law school's constitutional law center. in addition, the professor chairs the steering committee of the campaign for a new domestic human rights agenda, a coalition of more than 50 national human...
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a fellow from illinois made instead, but he was trying to deal the moderates on both sides, both in the north and south, and so he did besylate. [inaudible] >> what i was looking for? well, he left a lot of letters. there are a lot of john brown's letters. he wanted someone who would sympathize with him. someone who was a good attorney. but he also, he made quite clear in one of his letters, do not send an older abolitionist. he didn't want an altar abolition because he knew that would arise antipathy here in charles town and what it would do him more harm than good to do that. yes, sir? [inaudible] >> those with a private attorney. they were griswold and children. chilled the most responsibility for it, there was another attorney in richmond by the name of green. i believe his name was william green who was a brother of thomas clayborne green, the mayor, who had represented brown by court appointment in the early stages of this trial here. but chilton and griswold presented the arguments in richmond with the assistance of william green. and their petition exists. it's a very rare docum
a fellow from illinois made instead, but he was trying to deal the moderates on both sides, both in the north and south, and so he did besylate. [inaudible] >> what i was looking for? well, he left a lot of letters. there are a lot of john brown's letters. he wanted someone who would sympathize with him. someone who was a good attorney. but he also, he made quite clear in one of his letters, do not send an older abolitionist. he didn't want an altar abolition because he knew that would...
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but we do need the state legislature to lift the cap just as illinois and louisiana have recently done because we are about to hit it. arne said states with any cap will lose points we also urge the state legislature to provide charter schools with funding for facilities, just as new york city is doing for other schools. charter schools are public schools. people forget that. and all public school children deserve to share in the resources that the state has to not do so and as an outrage and the state doesn't get this done i've directed the chancellor gwine to sue and see if we can't get it done in the courts. the sixth and final major step that race to the top challenges us to take is turning around our lowest performing schools. since 2003 we've closed 91 schools in new york city and the schools that have replaced them have graduation rates 15 points above the citywide average. secretary arne jalabert states to turn around the last five performing schools. arne, we see the 5% and we are going to double it. our goal is to turn around the lowest performing 10% of city schools the next
but we do need the state legislature to lift the cap just as illinois and louisiana have recently done because we are about to hit it. arne said states with any cap will lose points we also urge the state legislature to provide charter schools with funding for facilities, just as new york city is doing for other schools. charter schools are public schools. people forget that. and all public school children deserve to share in the resources that the state has to not do so and as an outrage and...
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"race to the top" funds for the governors are competing working groups in several states including illinois and massachusetts to take action to position their states to be awarded these grants. these funds are beginning to reshape state policy before they even lead the department of education. maybe i should not trumpet that too loudly or congress might decide not to send the money but seriously we encourage more bold efforts by the states and districts because the magnitude of this federal funding opportunities on likely to rise again anytime soon and in many cases the politics of making changes of the status quo will be tough but the carrot of these funding streams will be a powerful lever and it is essential to bring all the stakeholders to the table when designing and advocating for transformative the education system changes. just as important as the stimulus dollars for education reform is the weitz reauthorization of elementary and secondary education act a process we hope begins early next year. almost everyone recognizes major improvements are necessary and from the most successful
"race to the top" funds for the governors are competing working groups in several states including illinois and massachusetts to take action to position their states to be awarded these grants. these funds are beginning to reshape state policy before they even lead the department of education. maybe i should not trumpet that too loudly or congress might decide not to send the money but seriously we encourage more bold efforts by the states and districts because the magnitude of this...
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i'm proud of my own home state of illinois. they just passed a very tough law on eliminating texting while driving. i think the best practices from the states. because they really are the ones that have taken the lead on this. and we will be happy to provide that, not only for the record, but for you personally. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, now senator. >> thank you very much. thank you, both of you. i think the conference is very good idea. it brought some national attention to the this issue. i wanted to make go up in the air a little bit with this distracted driving issue. secretary lahood, as we had in minnesota and then into wisconsin, the ultimate number of distracted driving. that was distracted driving at 37,000 feet or distracted flying. as we found out this past week. i first wanted to thank you for your agency for taking prompt action. i know that the license have already been suspended for the pilots. and they are still competing their investigation. they are preliminary findings. it seems to
i'm proud of my own home state of illinois. they just passed a very tough law on eliminating texting while driving. i think the best practices from the states. because they really are the ones that have taken the lead on this. and we will be happy to provide that, not only for the record, but for you personally. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, now senator. >> thank you very much. thank you, both of you. i think the conference is very good idea. it brought...
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if it's good to peoria, illinois. caller: good morning, gentlemen. i agree with mr. lamar. the government should have went after the health-care costs before they started proceedings to do with bills to ensure people. number two, i am hoping the republicans can somehow attached to this bill that if it costs -- if it ends up adding to the national debt, any senator the votes in favor should have to give up his pension. . pension. they keep laughing and smirking whenever the republicans say it's going to cost the u.s. taxpayer, but why not put them to the task and make them put something on the line to prove that they are definitely right? guest: that's actually a pretty good idea. thank you for the suggestion. i've also suggested that any senator who votes to expand the medicaid program, which is the program that's costing states so much and ruining higher education. we noticed the other day that california tuition went up 32%. if this bill passes, college tuition will go up all over the country because states are strugtology pay for either medicaid or higher education. i've
if it's good to peoria, illinois. caller: good morning, gentlemen. i agree with mr. lamar. the government should have went after the health-care costs before they started proceedings to do with bills to ensure people. number two, i am hoping the republicans can somehow attached to this bill that if it costs -- if it ends up adding to the national debt, any senator the votes in favor should have to give up his pension. . pension. they keep laughing and smirking whenever the republicans say it's...